HEALTH PROMOTION GRANT
An East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University partnership has secured more than $1.3 million in grant funding from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation to address regional public health needs....
Philanthropy Archives
Full-circle moment for Laliotes in reading room
Among Ann Laliotes’ many character traits — like her humor, passion for East Carolina University success and a philanthropic mindset — is something else ECU library director Jan Lewis likes...
ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
In 2017, Van and Jennifer Isley gave a $2 million gift to establish a place where East Carolina University students can have “creative collisions,” which produce innovation and entrepreneurship. YOU...
ECU alumnus, longtime physician establishes endowment
Dr. J. Mack Worthington ’64 has dedicated his career to educating and training the next generation of family medicine physicians. Before stepping down from full-time work in 2019, he served...
TRANSFORMATIONAL VOICES
East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences will launch the 16th season of its Voyages of Discovery Series this fall, featuring three experts who will address the topics of...
Brody School of Medicine researchers advancing brain health knowledge
Two researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have been selected as the 2022 recipients of the Wooten Family Initiative for Brain Health Research Grant. Dr. Alessandro Didonna,...
FUNDING THE FUTURE
As East Carolina University works to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s careers, Pirate Nation has gotten on board with the mission, providing the university with a record $69.8 million in...
ECU School of Dental Medicine awards first endowed professorship
Dr. Michael Webb was named the inaugural recipient of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry during a July 21...
Black nursing alumnae make scholarships, history with donations
Four distinguished Pirate nurses have reaffirmed their commitment, through generous scholarship endowments, to ensure that underrepresented nursing candidates from across eastern North Carolina get the education and training they need...
ROSS LEAVES LEGACY
Dr. Ledyard E. Ross Jr., community orthodontist and benefactor of East Carolina University and the ECU School of Dental Medicine, died on the evening of June 28. He was 96....